major element
Americannoun
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As a young artist, Richter was interested in the lottery: an everyday example of random elements acquiring unassailable significance.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019
Perfecting the Art of Sensible Nonsense: A new cryptographic scheme obfuscates computer programs by transforming them into something akin to a jigsaw puzzle in which random elements make each individual piece look meaningless.
From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2014
Her virtual behavior is a finely tuned mix of scripted actions and random elements.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2013
Artists, like Charles Csuri, then devised ways of introducing random elements to the process.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2009
This example shows that we can discuss cases with random elements, and that we can maintain our classification of cases.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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